LFS Q&A - Summer 2010
The London Film School’s Summer 2010 Q&A Programme
Venue: Cinema A,
The London Film School,
24 Shelton Street, WC2H 9UB - Click for map here.
(Entrance in Langley Street)
Monday 10th May 5.30pm
CINEMATOGRAPHY WITH DAVID SCOTT
Screening of Mar Piccolo- Little Sea (Dir: Alessandro Di Robilant. 2009 93 mins) LFS alumnus and visiting lecturer David Scott has shot eight feature films by fellow LFS graduate Italian director Alessandro Di Robilant. This is a sneak preview of their latest film collaboration.
"features a wired performance by newcomer Giulio Beranek, who plays a working-class teen in a soulless section of the southern Italian city of Taranto, hemmed in by gangsters and a lack of opportunities. Di Robilant accurately captures the milieu as a cul-de-sac of hopelessness" Variety
Tuesday 11th May 5.30pm
STORY DESIGN IN THE SHORT FICTION FILM WITH RICHARD RASKIN
We welcome back to LFS the acclaimed teacher/author/filmmaker Richard Raskin, currently Associate professor at Aarhus University Denmark. Raskin will propose a non-formulaic model that can be used as a set of guidelines during script development for short fiction films. His talk will be illustrated by seven award winning short films.
Monday 24 May 5.30pm
PRODUCING WITH IAIN SMITH
Screening of Children of Men (Dir: Alfonso Cuaron, 109 mins 2006) followed by Q&A with producer and LFS alumnus Iain Smith (The Fountain, Cold Mountain, The Fifth Element, The Killing Fields) Starring Clive Owen, Michael Caine, Julianne Moore, Danny Huston (an LFS alumnus)
"Made with palpable energy, intensity and excitement, it compellingly creates a world gone mad that is uncomfortably close to the one we live in. It is a "Blade Runner" for the 21st century, a worthy successor to that epic of dystopian decay" Los Angeles Times
"Working with his longtime cinematographer Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki, Cuaron creates the most deeply imagined and fully realized world to be seen on screen this year, not to mention bravura sequences that bring to mind names like Orson Welles and Stanley Kubrick" Washington Post
Wednesday 26th May 5.30pm
Cinematography with Barry Ackroyd
Screening of The Hurt Locker (Dir: Kathryn Bigelow, 131 mins, 2008) followed by Q&A with cinematographer Barry Ackroyd (Green Zone, Looking for Eric, The Wind That Shakes the Barley), regular collaborator with Ken Loach and Paul Greengrass.
Barry Ackroyd won 2010 BAFTA Award for Cinematography and was nominated for an Academy Award.
"A first-rate action thriller, a vivid evocation of urban warfare in Iraq, a penetrating study of heroism and a showcase for austere technique, terse writing and a trio of brilliant performances. Most of all, though, it’s an instant classic that demonstrates, in a brutally hot and dusty laboratory setting, how the drug of war hooks its victims and why they can’t kick the habit". Wall Street Journal
Thursday 3rd June 6pm - Sound with Ray Beckett
Ray Beckett, regular collaborator with Ken Loach and Oscar-winning sound mixer on The Hurt Locker, discusses his work with Larry Sider from The School of Sound, illustrated by film clips, including The Hurt Locker, Land and Freedom and The Wind That Shakes The Barley.
In partnership with RADA a new series of events exploring the working relationship between actors and filmmakers.
We have very limited places for this event and priority will be given to LFS and RADA students, alumni and lecturers.
Wednesday 16th June 7pm
The Actor/Filmmaker Collaboration with Hanif Kureishi, Roger Michell and Anne Reid
Screening of The Mother (112 mins 2003) followed by case study with Writer Hanif Kureishi, Director Roger Michell and Actor Anne Reid.
Anne Reid was nominated a BAFTA and won the London Critics Award Actress of the Year for her performance in The Mother.
"A deeply moving piece with searing performances by Daniel Craig and Anne Reid" Now magazine
In partnership with RADA a new series of events exploring the working relationship between actors and filmmakers.
We have very limited places for this event and priority will be given to LFS and RADA students, alumni and lecturers.
Friday 18th June 7pm
The Actor/Filmmaker Collaboration with Mike Leigh and Imelda Staunton
Screening of Vera Drake (125 mins, 2004), followed by case study with Director Mike Leigh and Actor Imelda Staunton. Vera Drake has won numerous awards, including the Golden Lion at Venice and an Academy Award nomination for Mike Leigh, with Imelda Staunton garnering numerous Best Actress prizes, including BAFTA, Venice and European Film Awards and also Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations.
"Using Staunton's face as his canvas, Leigh crafts a powerfully moving film that is unmissable and unforgettable" Rolling Stone.
Thursday 1st July 6pm
Directing with Corneliu Porumboiu
Screening of 12:08 East of Bucharest, (86 mins, 2006) followed by Q&A with Corneliu Porumboiu Winner of the Cannes Camera d'Or (for best first film)
The film is set in the city of Vaslui, and centers on a group of characters who revisit the Romanian Revolution of 1989 which brought an end to the communist regime. The title refers to the time of day at which Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu fled following the revolution, 12:08 pm on December 22, 1989.
Corneliu's current film: Police, Adjective is screening on the 2nd July at Curzon Mayfair as part of the Romanian Film Festival 2-4 July.
Thanks to Romanian Cultural Centre, the Ratiu Foundation and Artificial Eye
One of the best of the new wave of Romanian cinema... a droll delight... a slyly comic and disarmingly self-mocking tone. Beautifully composed… a masterpiece of carefully orchestrated chaos... Beautifully observed and very funny... a real treat." Wendy Ide, THE TIMES
Please note, there is often a great demand for places so we can’t guarantee seats. You will receive a confirmation email, if you have been successful.
The London Film School is recognised as one of the world’s key graduate schools and in 2006 was accredited as a Skillset Screen Academy, one of a small group of institutions approved by the UK film industry as centres of excellence.
The core multi-department filmmaking programme, the 2 year MA Filmmaking, has been joined since 2005 by a unique one-year MA Screenwriting, also accredited as an approved Skillset programme, and an expanding range of professional workshop courses, under the banner LFS Workshops.
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